Central Europe’s Far-Right on a Roll

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen meets head of the Freedom Party Herbert Kickl, October 4, 2024. Photo credit: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger.

This past September I visited the refurbished Wien Museum which covers Austria’s history from the bronze age until the present. Perhaps the most stimulating exhibition was a new one on the top floor that surveys the Nazi era. It’s called “Laboratory of Cruelty.” In its previous incarnation, the museum did not trouble itself to mention […]